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Cold weather can be quite damaging to certain plants especially early and late in the growing season cycle. There are several steps you can take to minimize damage to your plants from the cold. ...more

How to build a deer fence

Deer issues are common in many areas of the country. There are really three ways to stop the deer from eating your plants. This video explores fencing off an area from the deer. You can plant only plants that deer w ...more

Repairing winter damage

Sometimes winter or bad storms can break branches on your plants. I have used glue to repair the branches until the plant naturally grows together. ...more

How to Identify and Remove Invasive Plants

Invasive plants are a problem around the country and around the world. Some invasive plants are much more damaging to the local flora than others. Removing invasive plants allows native plants to grow better.&nbs ...more

How to fix compacted soil

Compacted soil is one of those problems many people have and few do anything about. Compacted soil robs plants of nutrients and creates an inhospitable environment for living organisms. By aerating soil an adding nutri ...more

How To Prevent Weeds In The Garden

Weeds are probably the most common problem in the garden. Preventing weeds is not as difficult as it may sound. By implementing a few good practices throughout the growing season you can prevent many common weeds in the garden.&nb ...more

Controlling slugs organically

Slugs are a problem for many gardeners. Slugs and snails can eat a wide variety of plants and do quite a bit of damage in the garden. Each year I attend a show called New England Grows in Boston. This trade ...more

How To Control Winter Moth

Winter moth is known as Operophtera brumata. Winter Moth will eat the young leaves of trees as the leaves are emerging from the bud in spring. Many deciduous plants are hosts for the winter moth including oaks, maples ...more

Controlling Pests With Sticky Traps

Many of the bugs that are a problem in our gardens and homes are attracted to yellow. This fact allows yellow sticky traps to help control problem insects. These traps are great use indoors or in the greenhouse against whiteflies, ...more

Asian Longhorn Beetle

Asian Longhorn Beetle, ALB, has been discovered in the United States. The beetles tunnel into trees attacking and eventually killing the tree. The beetle is a serious pest and it has killed thousand of trees in China. Here i ...more

Growing Wisdom:Controlling Slugs

Slugs are a nasty pest that eats the leaves, flowers and fruits of our various plants in the garden. I am forever trying to find new ways to combat these slimy critters. Slugs love damp, humid, moist conditions. ...more

Growing Wisdom: Ornamental Lily Beetles

If you love to grow ornamental lilies or fritallaria beware the ornamental lily beetle may be headed for your area if it not there already. According to Cornell University, the lily leaf beetles likely stowed away aboard ...more

The Science Of Mosquito Protection

It is not too often that you get to sit down over a cup of tea and talk about mosquitoes. However, that is just what I got to do with Kristin Anderson of Kaz, the maker of the Mosquito Vacuum. This product really attac ...more

Protecting Yourself From Mosquitoes

Mosquitoes are a nasty but inevitable part of being outside in warm weather. There are lots of products out there that can help protect you and your family against these biting and potentially dangerous insects. The Mosqu ...more

How The Mosquito Vacuum Works

The Mosquito Vacuum™ creates a powerful bio-signature to attract hungry biting mosquitoes and insects. Mosquitoes lured to the scent are vacuumed into an inescapable bug basket where they dehydrate and die in just a few ...more

Controlling Bugs in Your Garden

One way pests are defined is "something unwanted". In the garden, we think of pests as bugs, critters and even diseases. Of these three, it's the bugs that nearly everyone has to deal with during the gr ...more

What You Need To Know Before You Install Irrigation

If you have a lot of lawn to water or an abundance of plant beds, you might want to consider getting an irrigation system. Before you do, however, here are a few tips. Recently, I had Corliss Landscape and Irrigation ...more

Pruning Roses

You want to prune your roses for shape, to remove dead or unhealthy wood and for light and air to circulate around the plant. If the air can not move through the plant it is move susceptible to disease. Let&r ...more

Winter Burned Plants:Be Patient

If you are like me, you have winter burn on many of your broadleaf evergreens this spring. Winter burn occurs due to the fact that broadleaf evergreens such as rhododendron, hollies and ink berries have their leaves expose ...more

Keeping Deer Out Of The Yard

I love the idea of deer in my yard it seems rather pastoral. However, in reality they can destroy my plants so I have to keep them out. There are all sorts of ways to keep deer out of your yard. Old wives tales ...more

Pruning Hydrangeas

I get a lot of questions about pruning hydrangea. Basically, there are three types of plants: those whose flowers bloom on "old wood" and those that bloom on new wood. There are also some ...more

Winter Moth-A Springtime Problem

WINTER MOTH In Eastern Massachusetts and other areas of New England winter moth is a particular problem in early spring. Once the weather warm up and we have had 20-50 days of weather where the temperature ...more

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